9.6 million US adults highly myopic: Study
Of those, nearly 820,000 have a degenerative form of the disease and more than 41,000 suffer a complication called myopic choroidal neovascularisation that could cause long-term vision loss, with women at higher risk, researchers said.
Jun 23, 2016, 09:39 AM IST
Half the world's people to become myopic by 2050, says study
Also called nearsightedness, myopia is a vision condition in which people can see clearly the objects that are close to eyes but objects far away appear to be blurred to the sight.
Feb 18, 2016, 15:53 PM IST
